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DEVICE. FOR STRINGiNG AND FILING PAPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,976, dated October19, 1886.

Serial No. 186,457. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, XVILLIAM E. ELAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Americus, in the county of Sumter and State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Stringingand Filing Papers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of my invention, andFigs. 2 and 3 modi fications thereof.

The present invention has relation to certain new and usefulimprovements in devices for stringing and filing papers, and relatesmore particularly to that class for which a patent was granted to meAugust 5, 1884, No. 302,989;

- and it consists in the details of construction,

substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A rep resents a suitable bracket forattaching to a wall or other object, said bracket having ahorizontally-extending arm, B, of any preferred form. This arm B, at itsouter extremity, terminates in a suitable hooked end, a, and the-arm isalso provided with a suitable latch, G, pivoted thereto, and its forwardend engaging with the hookedend a, as shown. A small pin, 1), on the armB supports the latch O, and prevents it falling down below the arm. Thelatch can be raised to the desired height to disengage the end thereof,as shownin dotted lines,Fig.2.

In place of the bracket A,thcarm B may be connected to or formed on theend of a suitable standard, and provided with an upright extension, 0,for attaching thereto a swinging wire guard, D, as in my former patent,to prevent the papers from working off the wire E. This wire ispreferably pointed at its upper end, and its opposite end formed tubularor with a socket for fitting over the end of a wire or needle, F, whichis held in the hooked end a by the pressure of the end of the latch 0against the wire or needle. The wire or needle F has an eye at one endfor attaching a cord, G, which is passed through the eye, and its endssuitably connected to a cross-bar, d.

If preferred, the wire E maybe made tubular throughontits length, andwhen in position, as shown in Fig. 1, the papers are placed thereon andpushed down below the pivoted or swinging guard l). If at any time acertain paper is required to be withdrawn without tearing it, all thepapers above the one de sired are pushed up on the wire 15, theremaining ones being on the wire or needle F. The wire E is now detachedfrom the needle or wire F, which will admit of the removal of the paperrequired, the needle or wire being held firmlyin an upright position bythe latch O. \Vhenthe wire or needle F is filled with papers, or it isdesired to file those that are on it, the wire or needle is removed withthe pa pers, and the latter pushed down onto the cord G, after which thecord is cut and the two ends tied together, thereby providing a devicesimple in construction, and in which certain papers can be removedwithout disturbing others, and reducing the labor necessary forpermanently stringing them after the file has been filled or providedwith the desired number of papers.

To enable the clamping or holding device, which consists of the hookedarm B and pivoted latch (i, being supported on a disk or tablc, Iprovide itwith a horizontal bracket, H, as shown in Fig. 3, which alsoshows the cord after being cut with the papers thereon ready for filing,and the needle replaccdin the clamp ing or holding device.

The invention is designed as an improvement upon the device patented tome August 5, 1884:, No. 302,989, in which the papers were strung upon asingle wire having-a crosspiece. In my present device I string thepapers on a needle arranged point upward, and to the eye of the needle Iattach a wire, thread, or cord having a cross-bar. In such case theneedle F may serve with many stringing-wires G.

Having now fully described 'my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a paper-clip, the combination, with a needle or wire, F, and meansfor supporting it, and with a tubular wire, E, of a stringing cord orwire, G, having a cross-bar, and secured to the eye of the needle, thewhole arranged for joint operation as set forth.

2. The combination, with the frame]; and In testimony that I claim theabove I have latch O, and with the needle F, held by such hereuntosubscribed my name in the presence frame and latch with its point aboveand of two witnesses. eye below, of the tubular wire E, arranged to 5operate over the point of the needle F, a XVILLIAM E.

spring-frame, D, and stringing wire or cord G, having cross-bar or stop(Z, the wire or cord Witnesses:

being passed through the eye of the needle T. N. I-IAWKES,

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and the whole arranged for joint operation as J. E. D. SHIPP. '0 setforth.

